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Affiliation | Republican |
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Name | Thomas A. Fessenden |
Address | Lewiston, Maine , United States |
Email | None |
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January 23, 1826
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Died | September 28, 1868
(42 years)
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Info | FESSENDEN, Thomas Amory Deblois, (brother of Samuel Clement Fessenden and William Pitt Fessenden), a Representative from Maine; born in Portland, Maine, January 23, 1826; attended North Yarmouth Academy and Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.; was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1845; studied law; was admitted to the bar in April 1848 and commenced practice in Mechanic Falls, Maine; moved to Auburn, Maine, in 1850 and continued the practice of law; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1856 and 1868; member of the State house of representatives in 1860 and 1868; prosecuting attorney for Androscoggin County in 1861 and 1862; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles W. Walton and served from December 1, 1862, to March 3, 1863; was not a candidate for renomination in 1862; resumed the practice of law; died in Auburn, Maine, September 28, 1868; interment in Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.
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